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gorse (gôrs)

noun

furze

Etymology: ME gorst < OE < IE base *ĝhers-, to stiffen, bristle > L horrere, to stand on end

gorse Related Forms
gorsy adjective
gorse Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • cover: From here you climb up to the gorse covered Rinsey Point, from where there's an end-on view back along the beach.
  • have: To the north our neighbors agricultural land rises steeply, and has gorse and fern growing, which is a haven for wild life.
  • include: Their foodplants include gorse, bramble and bird's foot trefoil.
  • clear: Assist and clear the gorse from top of the cliffs.
  • cut: He Who Was Not To Be Involved had to keep cutting back the gorse & bracken, which kept hiding the date.

Converse of subject

  • dominate: Vegetation: some improved pastures, semi-natural grassland or heather moorland and some lowland areas are dominated by gorse or bracken.

Adjective modifier

  • flowering: Holmes held up a crumpled branch of flowering gorse.
  • yellow: There was plenty of yellow gorse in flower looking bright in the dull light.
  • western: Common heather is frequent, but western gorse is a feature of the dry heath.
  • thick: Rolling greens undulating fairways, hidden greens and thick gorse regarded by many as more difficult than ' The Old ' .
  • golden: A magnificent sight is the early bloom of golden gorse.
  • common: Typical plants are ' Pink lady ' , common hawthorn, common holly, firethorn and common gorse.

Modifies a noun

  • ulex: Most of the dry heath is H2 Calluna vulgaris Ulex minor, characterized by dwarf gorse Ulex minor.
  • bush: Frances threw her child into a gorse bush in order to save him.
  • scrub: At the latter sites, gorse scrub may also occur.
  • hedgerow: Robust field pattern reinforced by stone walls and gorse hedgerows.
  • flower: All gorse flowers have a rich perfume redolent of the coconut chips sweets of our childhood.
  • fire: Gorse fire on Arthur's Seat There was a gorse fire in the middle of Edinburgh on Monday 7th August.

Noun used with modifier

  • dwarf: In the late summer and autumn the dwarf gorse opens its yellow flowers, but in winter and spring the tall common gorse blooms.

Preposition: in

  • bloom: My most precious memory is deeply associated with smell of gorse in bloom.

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